Ride In or Drive a Racecar with the Nascar Racing Experience at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Choose from Two Options.

Charlotte Motor Speedway

In a Nutshell

Drive a real NASCAR racecar

Speed around a 1.5-mile track

Ride three laps in racecar

In-car radio communication

The Fine Print

Promotional value expires Aug 18, 2011. Amount paid never expires.Valid only for option purchased. Reservation required; subject to availability. Must be 18 or older with valid driver's license to drive; must be at least 5ft. tall and 100lb. to ride. 18 and under must have signed waiver. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services.

Nascar Racing Experience

To make the body produce adrenaline, people usually must kick a cop in the chin, juggle soldering irons, or trap wild animals underneath wet newspaper. Today's Groupon gives you a more comfortable way to excite your cellular infrastructure: a NASCAR Racing Experience at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord. Choose one of the following options:

For $77, you get a three-lap ride-along (a $129.99 value) plus a 6"x8" photo (a $25 value, a $154.99 total value).

For $192, you get the practice driving experience (a $330 value), plus a 6"x8" photo (a $25 value, up to a $390 total value, including the $35 driver's fee). You must be at least 18 years old and have a valid driver’s license to drive.

Available dates vary, so check the schedule to see when the putt-putt parade is in the area.

NASCAR Racing Experience gives racing aficionados the opportunity to motion-blur their way around Charlotte Motor Speedway, one of the sport’s most hallowed tracks and the home of the Coca-Cola 600, the Bank of America 500, and the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. During the practice driving experience, you’ll strap into one of NASCAR Racing Experience’s authentic racecars, with a fleet that includes sleek rides formerly driven by NASCAR superstars like Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Jeff Gordon. After receiving handy training from your crew chief, amateur need-for-speeders get a five-minute driving session motoring around the 1.5-mile track. Along the way, your crew chief will give you tips for smoother driving, such as “Steadily accelerate as you come off this turn” and “Watch out—penguins on the loose in turn 4.” Once finished, you’ll receive a graduate certificate and a 6"x8" photo of your asphalt adventure taken by a professional photographer.

If driving at insanely high speeds reminds you too much of the car chase you take to work every morning, you also have the option of riding with a professional racing instructor inside NASCAR Racing Experience’s real NASCAR race car, which will cruise around the superspeedway’s track for three exhilarating laps and blow past the start/finish line at the speed of a turbo-motorized puma. Burn rubber and make crisp turns like Tony Stewart with today’s Groupon to NASCAR Racing Experience at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Must be 5 ft. tall and at least 100 lbs. If under 18 years old, you must have a signed waiver to ride. Reservations are required. Limited dates available.

Though NASCAR Racing Experience sometimes features a discounted price online, this Groupon still offers the best deal available.

Of the 10 or so tracks I have been at, Lowe's [the speedway's former name] seems to be the most fan friendly when it comes to off days. Other tracks seem to care less if you want to look around. Lowe's makes a big production of it. – BorisSaid, TripAdvisor